But the company is among a rare breed that has spent money not just to buy carbon offsets or clean power to reduce carbon footprint, but it also has invested aggressively in advancing renewable energy technology development and deployment. …

Tracking the giant black carbon footprint in the Himalayas just became a whole lot easier. Using simple cell phone cameras, scientists have brought microscopic air pollutants into plain view for local people. In a study from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, V. Ramanathan and colleagues are working with local villagers in Northern India to monitor local atmospheric levels of black carbon, using photographs of quartz filters taken with cell phone cameras.

Green computing initiatives should play into larger, overarching carbon-reduction strategies at major businesses, experts have said, as firms look to support new sustainable practices with the appropriate technology, which can include hosting servers offsite, as well as desktop and server virtualisation.

(Reuters) – Companies and governments around the world are turning to emissions trading as a weapon to fight climate change and join a global carbon market worth $144 billion last year.

Under cap-and-trade schemes, companies or countries face a carbon limit. If they exceed the limit they can buy allowances from others. They can also buy carbon offsets from outside projects which avoid greenhouse gas emissions, often from developing countries.

Heres a great idea. Clothing swaps can prove to be a move towards going green, and the effort could also help endeavors to raise money for a charity initiative. Swap for Good, a grassroots, volunteer-led campaign aims at encouraging people to host clothing swaps, as a way to raise money for local domestic violence shelters.

WREA announced an updated release to EMSPRO, which it is marketing to large energy users in the industrial sector. A leading expert on renewable energy, Mr. Scott Foster, CEO at WREA also said that careful, proper and efficient use of spreadsheets actually helps with gathering, processing and reporting of data.

NEW YORK and PORTLAND, Ore., July 12, 2010 Professionals everywhere are increasingly conscious of the trend toward sustainable business models – and that this trend is likely here to stay. Implementing green practices and reducing an organizations carbon footprint, however, poses a challenge for many companies simply because they lack the tools and support to make and maintain the change. With the launch of ecoAnalyze, that is no longer the case within the legal industry. ecoAnalyze is a premier consultancy that specializes in assisting law firms nationwide in reducing their environmental impact.

BrightCom, the performance leader in integrated telepresence and video conferencing solutions, announced today new data showing their telepresence and video conferencing carbon offset compared to physical air and automotive travel. The report found that BrightCom conferencing solutions produce half the amount of carbon emissions as using airplanes for long distance travel or automotive vehicles for short distance travel. The report also found businesses can save 20% per employee automotive carbon emissions if they encourage their employees to teleconference from home one day a week.

The United States Navy is stepping up its efforts to invest in low-carbon, energy-efficient technology, with a number of new research projects having been granted fresh funding. After looking through more than 100 proposals, the US Office of Naval Research has confirmed that it is to provide $900,000 worth of funding to nine separate initiatives, eight of which will be carried out by academics from some of the country`s leading universities.

Australian scientists have claimed that oysters could play a significant role in helping reduce carbon emissions. New research carried out by a team at the University of South Australia concluded that, given that oysters make use of carbon from the world`s seas and oceans to grow their shells, investing in the oyster industry could be a feasible way for businesses to offset their carbon emissions.

NXP has become the lead sponsor of the European Supply Chain Institute’s Supply Chain Carbon Council with the aim of promoting the use of RFID and NFC technology to track the carbon emissions footprint of manufactured products.

A European Union document recently released to Reuters found that the greenhouse gas emissions generated by biodiesel can be up to four times greater than diesel or gasoline. The study was not made public until Reuters used freedom of information rights.

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